April 20, 1943
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TUESDAY, 20 APRIL 1943

ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force) Ten bombing and strafing missions by 15 B-24's, 16 B-25's, 10 P-38's, and 32 P-40's hit shipping in Kiska Harbor and gun positions in North Head. Other targets include buildings in the Main Camp area and the runway.

CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Seventh Air Force) Twenty-two B-24s from Funafuti carry out a photo-bombing mission over Nauru and claim several direct hits on Nauru Airfield runways and the dispersal areas are claimed. Damaged is B-24D "Super Man" 41-23938.

BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force) In Burma, 8 B-25's bomb the engine sheds at Thazai.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) B-17's bomb Wewak, Nubia, and Boram Airfields and shipping off Wewak. B-24's bomb Kaimana and targets of opportunity on Kendari.